SHERIFF

December 22, 2012

- Deputies responded Tuesday morning to Knox School Road for a report of a suspicious vehicle near a vacant house. They found the vehicle's engine still warm but no one around. A window in the house was found unlocked and, inside, deputies discovered wet footprints on the carpeting, but no one was inside or in the four outbuildings. They had the car towed. Later, Sebring and West Township police called to report they were flagged down by a man who claimed his mother's car was stolen while he was visiting someone in the area of the vacant house. He did not appear to be muddy or wet and was released after completing a statement.

-Deputies were called Wednesday for a property dispute between Dan Lyon, state Route 7, Lisbon and the Ohio Department of Transportation, which was planning to cut and trim trees on the state's right-of-way. Lyon told deputies he believed the trees were on his property. Both parties were advised to contact their attorneys. A tree-trimming company moved into place but was awaiting a release from ODOT before beginning any work, according to reports.

-A Fife Coal Road, Wellsville, woman reported her driver's license stolen from her purse. She acquired a new license but was advised to complete a report.

-A Main Street, Homeworth, woman reported Thursday someone entered her unlocked home and took change and prescription medications.

- A Canfield-Akron Road, Canfield, woman reported that, while she was at Lakeview Drive, Hanoverton, she began receiving calls from a man identifying himself as a federal marshal, telling her she owed a large sum of money for a cash advance secured via the Internet. Deputies called the phone number and spoke to a Gary Marshal, who said it was a company that processes bad checks but that he had no one by her name in his system.

- A Rose Drive, Lisbon, woman reported her rear license plate stolen.

-A Carmel-Achor Road, Rogers, woman reported barking dogs, and deputies arrived to find dogs in a pen barking continously but no one home. They left a note for the dogs' owners.